DraftStreet Diary: Freeroll Fun on Friday — $300 in Cash Prizes

It’s time for another Freeroll tomorrow. Pick the 8-man team you think will perform best in Friday’s games and you could win $100 cash. It’s that easy, and absolutely free. 15 people will share another $200 in consolation prizes.Sign up with DraftStreet (no deposit or credit card needed) and you’re in.

There are only three positions: Guard, Forward and Center. Pick two of each (plus two Utility players) within the $100,000 salary cap. The scoring system has five “positive” categories and three “negative” — PTS = 1 pt; REB = 1.25 pts; AST = 1.5 pts; STL = 2 pts; BLK = 2 pts; you are penalized for turnovers (-1 pt) and it’s -0.5 pts for each missed FT or FG.

On Wednesday, I whiffed on the Minnesota game. Kevin Love was off-target and Nikola Pekovic wasn’t feeling well, so I got skunked in the GPP, but did win a 2-man Snake because my opponent picked Carmelo Anthony and Joakim Noah. The $100 weekly bankroll is down to $85, and I’ll be entering a few $2 and $5 contests tonight. That’s right, even when there are only two NBA games, DraftStreet runs daily leagues. The small player pool makes for an interesting challenge.

DraftStreet 15

Dec. 27

Stars

Over $13,000

Kevin Durant

$21,966

Chris Paul

$18,392

Russell Westbrook

$19,120

Blake Griffin

$16,902

Paul Pierce

$17,327

Scrubs

Under $9,000

Chris Kaman

$7,963

Darren Collison

$8,883

Kevin Martin

$8,835

Dominique Jones

$5,196

Jeff Green

$8,889

Starters

$9,000 to $13,000

Kevin Garnett

$12,610

O.J. Mayo

$11,127

Dirk Nowitzki

$11,233

Shawn Marion

$12,514

Matt Barnes

$12,064

Today’s chart is for Thursday night contests, not the Friday Freeroll. There are more options at the top and bottom of the salary scale than in the middle. Leagues close at 8:00 EST, and you can make unlimited changes until then. This is one lineup I’m considering:

Building around Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook certainly isn’t the only way to go; you can use Chris Paul and Blake Griffin instead of the Thunder dynamic duo, then have about $5,000 more to spend at the other six positions.